Career
She is mostly known for her appearance in the second season of Oxygen"s
In 2007, Tanisha Thomas sent in a casting tape to the casting directors of the, an American reality television series. Thomas was chosen to be one of the seven "bad girls," and filming took place in Los Angeles, California from September to November 2007. Thomas also formed the clique "the hyena sisters" with Hanna Thompson and Neveen Ismail.
In January 2011, Oxygen released OxygenLive!, an online talk show hosted by Thomas.
lieutenant was broadcast after season six debuted on Oxygen, and focused on the cast of season six, occasionally bringing in "bad girls" from earlier seasons. Thomas asked the girls several questions to prompt rumors and confessions.
Oxygen had renewed the dating game show Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too with Thomas as the host for the second season. The third season aired on December 5, 2011.
Both Koether and Steinfeldt were contestants on season six of.
Jai was a contestant on season seven. In 2011, SallyAnn Salsano wanted to film Thomas" wedding and her planning of it with her fiancé. Salsano and Joel Zimmer held a press conference to talk to Thomas about a possible television documentary based on her wedding planning.
lieutenant follows Thomas and her finance, Clive Muir, as they prepare their wedding day.
Thomas gave the okay and filming began shortly thereafter. lieutenant was later called Tanisha Gets Married and consisted of seven one-hour episodes airing on Mondays on Oxygen.
Tanisha Gets Married premiered on Monday, May 7, 2012, after part two of season eight"s reunion special. The show debuted with 1,073,000 viewers, becoming Oxygen"s best ever freshman docu-series premiere, according to television by the Numbers.
Compared with Oxygen"s time slots in April 2012, Tanisha Gets Married was a 96% increase in all Oxygen"s key demos.
According to SocialGuide, Tanisha Gets Married ranked number four on the most social series amongst all cable series. Thomas was chosen by producers to host the two-part reunion special for season eight. She continued to host the reunions for recent seasons of and spinoff Bad Girls All-Star Battle.
In July 2014, Thomas announced via her Instagram account that she was invited to join the cast of Netflix"s original series, Orange Is the New Black set to premiere in June 2015.
Besides working on television related projects, Tanisha also is working establishing and developing multiple brands and other products. She is planning to release an online plus sized clothing line, titled Plush Diva"s Closet.
She is also in the works to possibly begin executive producing her own concept.
